Well it's the first of December and if I can get my mind past the whole terrible events of the Jeff thing I'll tell you what I've been up to. Let's see I've been playing a bit more of Half Life 2 and replaying some Portal, I've also been playing a little Super Mario Galaxy and I've written a review that should hopefully be posted up here Wednesday and it's still one of the most awesome games I've ever played. I've also been playing Pokemon Diamond, Puzzle Pirates and a new game which I've been surprisingly impressed with, Bang Howdy.

There's also been some interesting news this week, Nintendo have managed to shift 1 million consoles in one week and that's under the claim they have Wii shortages, they never cease to amaze. Rockstar have returned to court for the third time to appeal to get the uncensored version of Manhunt 2 on the shelves and I thought some really good points about the game were raised there but if anyone spoiled it for them it was theRockstar representative himself, Robertson, at first I was angry at his ignorance but now he just seems funny. Anyway in other newsthe Hitman movie has scored a surprising $21M at the box office, one report says video games and other forms of media pose a 'public health threat' (can you say seriously flawed study) and to balance out production costs Metal Gear Solid 4 will need to sell 1M copies on its first day (so about 1 in 6 people who own a PS3 will have to buy it).

Anyway here comes the bit that was just plain inevitable, the Jeff Gerstmann section. The debate over the subject is far from over and I think it's very important to hear what everyone has to say and what actually becomes of this whole thing before we make our minds up on what to do. Still that hasn't stopped most, I can fullyunderstand unsubscribing and writing pages of angry text to Gamespot but many seem to be on a mass Exodus away from the site, I don't know where they think they're going because IGN and Gametrailersaren't exactly the be all and end all and after IGNand Gametrailerseverything breaks down into something much less mainstream. But I think it can be agreed that the firing of Jeff does not mean the death of Gamespot, live shows and reviews will now be lacking quite a bit of character but Gerstmann was one of many staff and the site will still retain it's high quality in its official publications and will always be a great site if its community sticks together.At the point we're at I suppose this is just another industry decision and we knowof all the ruthless events of the gaming world, we didn't care when all those Nintendo exec.s were sacked,few people even noticed when Greg Kasavin left the staffbut this time I guess it just hit closer to home.Once again we'll miss you Jeff but you will remain unforgotten.